Center for Biological Diversity v. Environmental Protection Agency et al

Filing 66

ORDER GRANTING continuance of the Further Case Management Conference currently set for 1/9/9 at 1:30 PM. Further cmc continued to 2/13/2009 at 01:30 PM. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on 1/5/9. (klh, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/5/2009)

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Michael W. Graf (CA Bar No. 136172) Law Offices 227 Behrens Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] Justin Augustine (CA Bar No. 235561) Center for Biological Diversity 351 California St., Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: [phone] x302 Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION ) CENTER FOR BIOLOGICAL ) DIVERSITY, a non-profit corporation; ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) ) ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ) AGENCY et al., ) ) Defendants. ) __________________________________ ) ) ) Case No: C-07-02794-JCS TENTH JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT AND REQUEST FOR CONTINUANCE; PROPOSED ORDER Date: January 9, 2008 Time: 1:30 p.m. Courtroom A, 15th Floor Honorable Joseph C. Spero

TENTH JOINT CASE MANAGEMENT STATEMENT The parties to the above-entitled action submit this Tenth Joint Case Management Statement, Request for Continuance, and Proposed Order and request the Court to adopt it as its Case Management Order in this case. REQUEST FOR CMC CONTINUANCE On September 21, 2007, the Court held a case management conference in this matter. At the
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CMC, counsel for plaintiff and defendants stated their preference for pursuing settlement rather than moving forward with briefing on the allegations in Plaintiff's complaint that Defendants are currently in violation of Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act ("ESA"), 16 U.S.C. § 1536(a)(2), regarding the impacts of certain pesticide registrations (as specifically identified in the Complaint) on eleven endangered and threatened species occurring in the San Francisco Bay Area. Since the September 21, 2007 CMC, the parties have exchanged settlement proposals and discussed the potential for settlement of this case. On October 16, 2007, the parties submitted a Second Joint Case Management Statement and requested additional time for settlement discussions. On October 22, 2007, the Court continued the case management conference until November 30, 2007. On November 20, 2007, the parties submitted their Third Joint Case Management Statement requesting additional time to negotiate settlement, and on November 21, 2007, the Court continued the case management conference until January 18, 2008. On January 11, 2008, the parties submitted their Fourth Joint Case Management Statement requesting additional time to negotiate settlement, and on January 14, 2008, the Court continued the case management conference until March 14, 2008. On March 14, 2008, a Case Management Conference was held, as well as a Motion Hearing on Proposed Intervenor Defendants' Motions to Intervene. On March 19, 2008, the Court issued an Order granting in part and denying in part the Motions to Intervene and consequently, Intervenor Defendants CropLife America, RISE-Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment, and Reckitt Benckiser are now

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Since March, the parties have discussed further settlement proposals and believe significant progress has been made. In May, July, and September, and November, the parties submitted their Sixth, Seventh, Eighth and Ninth Case Management Statements which the Court adopted. Since then, further discussions have been held and additional progress made.

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The Parties had hoped to complete their settlement discussions prior to January 9, 2009. The Parties believe they are very close to completion but will not be able to meet the January 9 date. Therefore, the Parties respectfully request a continuance of the CMC currently scheduled for January 9, 2009, to February 13, 2009.

DATED: December 22, 2008

/s/_Justin Augustine Michael W. Graf (CA Bar No. 136172) Law Offices 227 Behrens Street El Cerrito, CA 94530 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] [e-mail] Justin Augustine (CA Bar No. 235561) Center for Biological Diversity 351 California St., Suite 600 San Francisco, CA 94104 Tel: [phone] x302 Fax: [phone] [e-mail] Attorneys for Plaintiff Ronald J. Tenpas Assistant Attorney General JEAN E. WILLIAMS, Section Chief SETH M. BARSKY, Assistant Chief _/s/ Erik Petersen_______________ ERIK PETERSEN U.S. Department of Justice Environment & Natural Resources Division Wildlife & Marine Resources Section Ben Franklin Station, P.O. Box 7369 Washington, D.C. 20044-7369 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone]

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Attorneys for Defendants

/s/ Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. Thomas W. Stoever, Jr. (Cal. Bar No. 150056) ARNOLD & PORTER LLP 370 Seventeenth Street Suite 4500 Denver, Colorado 80202-1370 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorney for Intervenor-Defendant Reckitt Benckiser, Inc. /s/ J. Michael Klise J. Michael Klise (pro hac vice) [e-mail] Steven P. Quarles (pro hac vice) [e-mail] Thomas R. Lundquist (D.C. Bar No. 968123) CROWELL & MORING LLP 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, D.C. 20004-2595 Telephone: [phone] Facsimile: [phone] Attorneys for Intervenor-Defendant CropLife America and RISE-Responsible Industry for a Sound Environment

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CASE MANAGEMENT ORDER The Case Management Statement and Proposed Order is hereby adopted by the Court as the Case Management Order for the case. IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. The case management conference scheduled for January 9, 2009 is continued to

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An updated joint case management conference statement shall be due by February 6,

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